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Apparently someone had posted a porn link recently. I think the maintenance team has disabled links or posts including links. I’m not too sure; Ian was explaining this to another poster in the previous thread

Why was my post showing the top 10 PP and PK teams and the best of the PP and PK combinations deleted? I spent a lot of time on that post. I am seriously upset. The Mod standard at HIO is starting to take after NHL refereeing.

the question is not whether we can beat the flyers on tuesday the questions is can we beat them 4 out of 7 games in the playoffs especially if we have to play them in the third round after two tough series…

Is that why they no-showed for 2 games? If that’s true, they should give back the money to their fans who bought tickets since this was done. I’m pretty sure people who bought tickets at the start of the season didn’t want to pay money to attend a game their team had no intension to show up for.

The Habs have a very good team. It’s the veterans that have the team never giving up. Who here thinks we would not have won last night had there been no shootout? This team is built for the playoffs and with a tinker here and there, we’ll go further than last year.

All this with our best player and Gorges out long term! I’m lovin’ it!

Go Habs Go!! “Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock

Under 2 minutes left, Canadians call a time out and are about to go on the powerplay. Team gathers at the bench and go to Kirk Muller and discuss possible outcomes, plays and strategies. The team was listening to every word from him. They were talking, asking questions and looking to him for advice. I also noticed that Martin was standing beside Muller overlooking the play. There has been alot of talk of late as to the future of Muller. With the departure of Boucher and his staff we continue to pump out solid coaches. Will the organization risk losing a long time Hab in Muller? I think not. JM may be grooming Muller for prime time in the years to come. We may all be discussing who is or should be the head coach but it is possible that Muller takes over running practices, making plays, and who the players look to? This allows JM to overlook the team while Muller works with them. Not a bad strategy as the seemed to respond to him after the timeout. Another example is the youth on the team. Yes injuries have taken roster players out but perhaps Muller’s position on the team is giving more of an opportunity to the youth.

Many people, including myself, have been upset with the size and grit of the Canadiens over the last several years. Looking at the team today, all of a sudden they’ve taken a few steps to correct that problem.

Pacioretty has given a new dimension to the Gionta and Gomez line and the Darce-Deharnais-Pouliot line has some size and grit to it, on the wings of course. If Martin is smart he would throw a scrappy 4th line consisting of Moen-Halpern-White together as well.

The only thing missing is a power forward to play with Plekanec and Cammalleri. I do think Kostitsyn does have it in him to play well on that line but if Gauthier can make a deal for a rugged scoring forward to play in Kostitsyn’s place I’d be all over it.

All in all you have to be pretty happy with how the Habs look right now. I think at this point, even with Gorges and Markov out for the season, Gauthier should take a stab at improving the team for a playoff run by making a deal at the deadline. Montreal might not be as good as Philadelphia or Pittsburgh but they’re not far off. If they acquire a big player at the deadline I think they could be dangerous in the playoffs.

Nice post! I like your comprehensive look at things. I am in Ottawa Smartdog… want me to pass your name onto Eugene. Notice the first name basis eh. On that topic I do not like Bryan Murray behind any new GM the Sens get. The man is not gonna let the new guy have his independence.

interesting developments over in senator land. Looks like a complete rebuild will happen with a new coach in place over the spring/summer and murray being moved upstairs to some consulting post. I like Fisher/Alfie but our cap is tight so we can forget that one….sens want pics for there assets.

The youth movement is great. Any time you bring in a new member to a team, any type of team in any work environment, you look for that influence of new blood. Bringing in so many new kids over a short period is bound to create some excitement. Yes the vets need to work with them but not “or else”. The kids also need to work with the vets as well because their raw talent needs some channeling. Together they form a team. At odds with eachother they’ll be nothing more than the Sens, Flames, Oilers, Leafs…whoever. I think it’s way too early in the careers of these kids to ever imagine they’ll take over or take control but soon, over the next couple of years, we’re going to see these kids become our stars and transformed into vets.